Teachers in Auckland have kicked off their campaign against the Government's global funding scheme, at a packed town hall gathering this afternoon.

Emeline Mafi student of Aorere College Auckland. Emeline will be competing in the competition Stand Up and Stand Out.​

Two teens have used their artistic flair to pay tribute to a pair of Olympian alumni of their Auckland high school.

In the 3D animation class at Manurewa High School, Year 12 and 13 students are thinking about the future. How might houses inspired

The Ministry of Education has placed Auckland Girls' Grammar school under statutory management.

Two top high schools Principals have accused education officials of doing nothing to address a "crisis" over a shortage of maths and physics teachers.

Thousands of children across the country are spending most or all their years of education in a poorly performing school. EU leaders have responded angrily to Nigel Farage attending the European Parliament in its first debate since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.

Ten young New Zealand students are travelling to France in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

School zoning was a subject once close to the heart of public education. Now it serves a vested interest of a different sort.

Three of Auckland Normal Intermediate's teachers are quite excited. Clara Kim, Alicia England and Ben Griffiths have just shown a group of Epsom Girls Grammar teachers around their school and will go on a a reciprocal trip the following day.

A school's right to get tough on pot puffing international pupils is under examination.

A survey of 1777 secondary school teachers has found nearly half believe the national assessment system, NCEA, is adversely affecting their teaching.

You wouldn't think giving kids good career advice was an overly difficult job; and yet, here we are.

Engaging with the future workforce can create positive labour market outcomes says Mark Gillard, director of the Careers Expo.

With a shortage of subject teachers causing concern, Lawrence Watt sits in on a college Maths class with an award-winning teacher

Schools are slowly claiming back University Entrance, after a change in the qualification saw a dramatic fall in pass rates in low-decile areas.

Deciles have wrongly been used as a proxy for school quality. This is invidious, wrong, and distorts how parents see schools, writes Professor John Hattie.

NZ's long tail of educational underachievement will require a multi-faceted approach and any funding changes need to be significant to have any realistic chance of really making a difference, writes Alan Vester.

A member of the Dilworth Old Boys Association has labelled the handling of a recent race-related incident "a disgrace".

Four Old Boys of an Auckland boys school were suspended from the association after making comments about "ethnic imbalance".

POLITICAL ROUNDUP: A number of recent reports highlight major problems in primary and secondary education, writes Bryce Edwards.

NZ Herald talks to Rebekah Bradfield who is starting Year 9 at Westlake Girls High.

For anxious students around the country the wait is over: NCEA exam results are now available online.

The education and lives of young people is not about political points scoring. It is about expectations of excellence and clear pathways of which I am a proud to be a part, writes Mulitalo Filipo Levi.

Secondary schools are forced to look overseas for maths and physics teaching staff as minimal numbers of students are qualifying here.

When I was their age I was revising for a series of three-hour exams. It was pass or fail, regardless of the previous two years' work. That's not fair, writes Lisa Rodgers.

COMMENT: They don't understand how under NCEA everyone can be a winner, writes Peter Lyons.

A move by one of the country's most exclusive private schools to take girls at a younger age has seen an exodus of 50 students from its competitors.

Teenage football star Grace Jale is off to Brazil with the Football Ferns, but first ... exams.